Seen & Heard

Seen at the Movies:
Girl with a Pearl Earring
gets my vote for the second most beautiful movie of 2003, following Gus Van Sant’s Elephant. Based on Tracy Chevalier’s novel, and a directorial debut for Peter Webber, Girl is the fictionalized story of what might have been the background to Dutch master Vermeer’s famous painting of the title. Scarlett Johansson, already riding high from her performance in Lost in Translation, gives a wonderfully subtle performance as Griet, housemaid to ...